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Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus To Be Applauded in Paris; Agency Cited for Eco-Friendly Efforts
As Passenger Transport went to press, Santa Monica, CA, Mayor Kevin McKeown was preparing for a Dec. 4 presentation at the Paris climate summit highlighting the Big Blue Bus’s efforts to move away from fossil fuel use.
The summit, the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, is also known as COP21 for the 21st Gathering of the Conference of Parties (COP 21).
The project submitted by the city of Santa Monica would convert the Big Blue Bus fleet to run fully on electricity charged by a massive solar array with battery storage at the bus facility. This transition would reduce the city’s emissions by 5,500 metric tons of carbon dioxide each year, equivalent to taking 1,158 vehicles off the road.
“Transit Maintenance Officer Getty Modica and the Maintenance Division team have been instrumental in their commitment to bluer skies by providing the most technologically advanced vehicles and vehicle propulsion systems, vehicle fueling opportunities like RNG [renewable natural gas] and for keeping BBB on the cutting edge of climate change solutions,” said Ed King, transit director. “Our entire team is committed toward environmental leadership and electric transit vehicles will drive us and our customers towards a cleaner and greener future.”
Big Blue Bus, a signatory to the APTA Sustainability Commitment, has taken numerous steps away from fossil fuels. The agency is one of the first U.S. public transit agencies to convert its fleet to RNG from landfill-generated methane and to use the latest technology to provide emission-free transportation.
McKeown will make his presentation at a special pavilion that showcases the Transformative Actions Program, which calls on local governments to submit the most ambitious, cross-cutting and inclusive projects with the potential to transform the lives of their citizens within the next 10 years.
Santa Monica’s project is one of more than 120 from 88 cities and regions in 42 countries. Find details here.
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